Spencer William Henry Roden (abt.1801-abt.1856)

Spencer William Henry Roden

Born about 7 Jun 1801 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Son of Levi Roden and Salina Melvina (Blank) Roden

Brother of Ailsa Francis (Roden) Jones and Levicy (Raudon) Franks

Husband of Rebecca (Pruitt) Roden — married 1824 in Alabama, United States

Descendants

Father of James W Roden, William Samuel Roden, Jacob Pruitt Roden, Levi Roden, Francis Marion Roden and Hugh Endeson Roden

Died about Sep 1856 at about age 55 in Rodentown, DeKalb, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Spencer Roden was the oldest son of Elder Levi Roden (abt.1779-1852) (b. 1779 in Chester county South Carolina and died in Tippah Mississippi on the 15th of April 1852). Levi Roden was a Justice of the Peace, a school teacher and a lay minister for the Baptist church. His first wife was Salina Melvina (Blank) Roden (abt.1780-abt.1842) their children were:

Sarah Roden (1799-1870)..
Allisee Frances Roden (1800-1880)..
Spencer William Roden (1801-1856)..
Elizabeth Frances Roden (1808-1878)..
Polly Roden (1809-1850)..
Joshua Emory Roden..(1810-1894)..
Lavina Roden (1816-1866)..
Savilla Roden (1820-1866) &
Levicy Roden b. 1822...

Levi Roden's second wife was widow Elizabeth "Betty" Isbell Rutherford (1799-1856)

The Jacob Pruitt family were neighbor's of Levi Roden and his family in Roanne county Tennessse, the famiies traveled together to Alabama. Jacob and Nancy Agnes Pruitt bought land and built a plantation in Walker county, and in 1824 Spencer W. Roden married Rebecca Pruitt. After the Indian removal act of 1830 Spencer & Rebecca decided to move 200 miles away and buy cheap land in what would later be called Dekalb county Alabama. Spencer's father also decided to buy cheap land in Mississippi and built a plantation.

Both Spencer Roden & Rebecca Pruitt were from families who were well to do and had large land holdings before the Civil War.

Records indicate Spencer W. Roden eventually served as a Trustee on the School Board of Education in 1835, indicating his interest in school affairs as a community leader in Rodentown, a small town near Crossville Alabama.

Spencer & Rebecca had thirteen children; seven of their sons served in the Civil War and three died during the War. Spencer died at the age of 55 leaving Rebecca a widow for 52 years..

Children of Spencer & Rebecca Roden ..

James Roden b. 1825.. 2) John Roden..b. 1828 ..3) John M. Roden b. 1829 .. 4) William S. Roden b. 1830.. 5)Jacob Roden b. 1833..6) Lee (Levi) Roden b. 1836..7) Joshua Emory b. 1838..8)Francis M. Roden b. 1839..9) ElizaAnn Rebecca Roden b. 1842..10)Thomas B. Roden b.1845..11)Hugh E. Roden b. 1849..12)Lavina Rebecca Roden b.1851.. 13) Mary Roden b. 1852 ...

Spencer Roden's wife is buried in Liberty United Church in Rodentown, the land was donated by Stephen Naler son of John Naler & Margaret Roden & his wife Eliza in 1865, Spencer's burial in 1856 was probably on private land.

Sources

U. S. and International Marriage Records - Spencer W Roden and Rebecca Pruitt, 1824, Alabama
"United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68PB-91YD : 1 August 2022), Spencer W Roden, 1825.
"United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68PB-91YD : 1 August 2022), Spencer W Roden, 1825.
"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPH-WTN : 20 February 2021), Spencer Roden, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing 271, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 2,331.
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB4-V87 : 10 June 2022), Spencer W Roden, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing p. 85, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5Q-RDW : 19 December 2020), Spencer W Roden, Marshall, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). enumerated 23 October 1850
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196322974/spencer-william-roden: accessed 22 November 2022), memorial page for Spencer William Roden (7 Jun 1801–Sep 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 196322974, ; Maintained by Miranda (contributor 47442646) Burial Details Unknown.

Acknowledgements

Roden-454 created 1 Jan 2018 by Betty Tindle
Roden-665 created 17 Dec 2020 from an unsourced family tree handed down to Elizabeth Roden.
Profiles merged 22 Nov 2022
Profile Rodden-3 was created through the import of ross20genancestors-children6-22-2011.ged on Jun 22, 2011 by Lamar Ross.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Spencer by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Spencer:

~3.12% Leslie Franks : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A139073 [compare], Ancestry member LESLIEJF192
~3.12% ~12.50% Pete Weldon : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SD6762608 [compare]
~1.56% ~6.25% Robin (Weldon) Hildebrand : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XU7511784 [compare], Ancestry member ChrisandRobinHildebrand
~0.78% G (Farris) Antebi : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pulai57